Facilities Management Certificate

UC San Diego Extension’s Professional Certificate in Facilities Management offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to make effective and sustainable facilities management decisions that reduce costs while enhancing your organization’s facility and services. Learn strategies and techniques in all nine areas of competency recognized by the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA), from management and finance to communications and technology. Explore hot topics and current issues in the industry, including sustainability, productivity and environmental economics. Gain insights and tips from experts in the field that you can immediately apply at work.

UC San Diego Extension’s electives in sustainability help facility managers identify ways to use resources more efficiently and create healthy work spaces that increase productivity. You will learn practical energy management solutions, current approaches to recycling and waste management, and life cycle costing strategies that improve sustainability.

Grainger Scholarship
Grainger Industrial Supply, Inc. has generously provided one $1,600 scholarship for the 2010 academic year for students in the UC San Diego Extension Facilities Management Professional Certificate program. New and returning students are eligible to apply. Deadline to apply for winter quarter is midnight on Sunday, December 13, 2009.

Facilities Scholarship Application (pdf)

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Certificate Course Matrix
Course Title	Course Number	Units	FA	WI	SP	SU
Required Courses (All 3 courses are required.)
Principles of Facilities Management	BUSA-40063	3	M	L	M	L
Planning & Project Management for Facilities Managers	BUSA-40091	3	O	L	L	L
Real Estate Property Management	RELE-40006	5	X		X
Elective Courses (Complete at least 15 units, including 6 units of Facilities Management electives)
Facilities Management Electives
Building Systems & Technology	BUSA-40676	3				L
Corporate Properties & Real Property Assets	BUSA-40496	3		L
Facilities Operations & Maintenance	BUSA-40681	3	L		L
HVAC Systems Design	AMES-40021	3	Schedule Varies
Human, Safety & Environmental Impact on Facilities Management	BUSA-40679	3		O		L
Sustainable Facility Design & Space Planning	BUSA-40706	3	L		L
Sustainability Electives
Introduction to Sustainability	BUSA-40729	3	L, O	L	L, O	L, O
Environmental Economics: Evaluating the Impact of Sustainable Practices	BUSA-40692	3	L, O	L	O	L
Energy Management Solutions	BUSA-40708	3			M
Recycling, Water and Waste Management	BUSA-40677	3	L
Renewable Energy Resources	BUSA-40724	3	O	L		L
Business Electives
Business Communication Skills	BUSA-40368	3	L, O	L	L	L
Business Law for Managers	BUSA-40301	2	L	L, O	L
Financial Accounting for Non-Accountants	BUSA-40009	4	L	L	L	L
Interest-Based Negotiation	BUSA-40128	3	L, O	L	L	L
Managing for Maximum Performance	BUSA-40673	3	L	L	L	L
L=La Jolla M=Mission Valley O=Online R=Rancho Bernardo S=Sorrento Mesa X=Location TBA

Certificate Programs

To Register in the Certificate Program

Certificate registration is required to complete the program. Candidates are encouraged to register in the certificate program as early as possible to take advantage of program benefits. See Certificate FAQs for more information.

Certificate Section ID:	073908	Register Now!
Application Fee:	$50
Contact:	Business & Professional Programs, (858) 882-8020
E-mail:	jmbond@ucsd.edu

Certificate Guidelines

The Facilities Management program includes 11 required units and your choice of 15 elective units. Principles of Facilities Management (BUSA-40063) is strongly recommended as a perquisite to other facilities and sustainability courses. The program can be completed in two years, taking one course per quarter.

For more information please visit: extension.ucsd.edu/facilities

Industry Requirements

The Professional Certificate in Facilities Management includes courses that address all nine competency areas recognized by the IFMA.

Planning & Project Management
Real Estate
Leadership & Management
Finance
Operations & Maintenance
Quality Assessment & Innovation
Human & Environmental Factors
Communication
Technology

Advisors

Jolie Cartier, CFM
Executive Director, Facilities Management
California Western School of Law

James A. Forcier
Director, Facilities Management, Planning & Design
UC San Diego Extension

Bob Gilleskie, PE
Consultant
LightPoint Consulting Services

Roz Guthrie, CFM
Director, Corporate Facilities
Jack-in-the-Box, Inc.

Frederick J. Krishon, PE, RCE
Senior Consultant
Facility Engineering Associates, P.C.

Paul Linden
Blasker Professor and Chair
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCSD

Bob Wiley, Senior
Associate Director, Facilities
Biogen IDEC

David L. Wilken, PE, CFM
Principal
Wilken and Associates

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